The first place the two John Bulls came to was Zheng Xiaopeng's gallery. Through Li's translator, they asked to see the authentic works of Fang Yi. Although Zheng Xiaopeng was a little upset, but foreign friends asked to see the authentic works of Fang Yi, and they didn't feel very good either.
Refuse, we Chinese are always very hospitable, don’t let the foreign devils come here and think we are rude, it’s great to have friends from far away!
In this way, Zheng Xiaopeng made a call to An Xiaojun. An Xiaojun also thought that foreign friends could watch it if they wanted to! Zheng Xiaopeng on the other end of the phone agreed: Come and watch if they want! Anyway, foreign friends like it.
It’s also a good thing for us Chinese artists!
After taking the address from Zheng Xiaopeng, Dawson took his follower Lin Qi and the second Japanese prisoner Li Translator into the car and headed to An Xiaojun's place!
Dawson said that he was looking at authentic works, so he might not have thought that when the time came, he would pay some money and put the works he saw into his pocket. This shows that sometimes foreigners are not necessarily good things.
When you get the money, nine times out of ten, it’s not worth much. People kindly let you look at paintings, but now you’re thinking about black people’s works!
He was thinking about black works, but when the three of them arrived downstairs at An Xiaojun's house and looked up at the towering skyscraper, Dawson felt that his thinking along the way was a bit too simple. In the UK,
At that time, Dawson didn't have the guts to go into a building like this and pick up these bosses' leaks.
When they arrived at An Xiaojun's company and the receptionist led the three of them around the company with a professional smile, Dawson threw the idea of black people's works out of his mind.
"Hello! Hello!" A circle of people introduced each other, and An Xiaojun pointed to the two works of Fang Yi on the wall and said, "These two are Fang Yi's works."
Dawson took one look, pointed at the two works and asked, "The styles are completely different. Which one is Fang Yi's authentic work?"
"Both of them!" Dawson, a foreign devil, mentioned this issue, which touched An Xiaojun's heart. He opened his mouth to introduce it directly: "This one is Fang Yi's own style work, and this one is Fang Yi's."
Works that imitate his teacher’s style!”.
"Mr. An! How did you see it?" Translator Li translated Lin Qi's words.
Since he had scratched an itch, of course An Xiaojun had to show it off. He gently took off the painting and showed the back of the painting to the two foreigners.
How can two John Bulls recognize Chinese characters? Up to now, they don't even know their own Chinese names. They struggled a lot when they were in the UK. Only then did they recognize the Chinese character Fang Yi! It took them a few days to recognize these two characters.
It takes a few days to remember it in my heart. I have to think about it again from time to time to avoid admitting my mistake when I see the work.
"Fang Yi imitated the teacher's painting skills! It was originally a game, but by mistake, it was purchased by Mr. An!" Translator Li translated the words on the back to his customer.
Dawson looked at the characters on the back. Now he recognized Fang Yi and the year, month and day below. Of course, the three characters of year, month and day were still guessable. He turned back to the front and continued to read the work.
"I also have teacher Fang Yi's works here! You can compare them and take a look!" An Xiaojun said, pointing to a work by Liu Hongshuo hanging on the wall.
After listening to Translator Li's words, Dawson turned to Liu Hongshuo's painting and looked at it carefully for about ten minutes. Then he sighed and said: "If there is no writing on it, who can tell the difference?".
"Excuse me, do you only have these two works in your hand?" Dawson stood at Fang Yi's "Morning Woods" and looked at it carefully for more than ten minutes before he opened his mouth and said. Fang Yi's current linearism style is different from this painting
The styles of the works are too different. But for the work in front of me,
Both the technique and the performance of the works are of a very high standard. Even if they are sold in overseas galleries, the gallery can package them for a high price. Anyone who knows painting can see the artist's skill from it! More
What's more, the author is Fang Yi, who is now famous.
It is true that this is Fang Yi's early work, but it does not mean that the early works will not be able to sell later works! Picasso's "Boy with a Pipe" sold for more than 100 million U.S. dollars. Picasso was only 20 when he painted this painting.
Four years old. The first work with cubist implications, "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", was created in 1907. It does not belong to the category of cubism created by Lao Bi. It is more expensive than most of his cubist works.
"This is one of the four paintings! There are three more paintings in Fang Yi's studio now!" An Xiaojun sighed and said.
"A very outstanding work! When the morning sun shines through the leaves in the forest, the faint sense of warmth is intoxicating!..." Dawson opened his mouth to comment while continuing to look at the work. The more he looked at it, the more carefully he looked.
Appreciating it, Dawson felt more and more infected by the meaning of the painting.
For the works of Fang Yi, a famous painter, Dawson naturally looks at the works very carefully and tastes some details carefully. If you look carefully, you can understand the meaning of the works. Sometimes you can even understand other things.
Something deeper is coming! Sometimes it’s so deep that even the creators didn’t think of it!
Sometimes people appreciate the same work differently before the author is unknown and after he is famous all over the world! Just like Van Gogh's "Potato Eaters" that has been hanging in a gallery for several years but cannot be sold.
No one was even willing to ask for the recommendation from the store clerk. Waiting for Van Gogh to become famous, countless
Critics jumped out to praise this work. What about the haggard face of the peasant, what kind of colors and brushstrokes did Van Gogh use to show what it was, and what it created! What he said is eloquent and confusing! Why did you read it in the first place?
Not surprisingly, most of these people were still alive when Van Gogh became famous!
If you don’t believe it, you can try to see this painting. If you don’t know who Van Gogh is, you will immediately think that the painting is dark and dark! You can think like this in your heart, but you can say it and try it! The man standing next to you
People are definitely looking at you with weird eyes, and they are not sure yet they are muttering to themselves: Nima! This person is completely uneducated and ignorant! Although there are many people among these people who have the same ideas as you, and they are not here yet.
few!
The reasonable explanation is that after Van Gogh became famous, others were willing to look at his works carefully and experience them! On the other hand, when people re-examine this work, the first thing they see in their minds is not the painting, but its
Author: Vincent Van Gogh! Van Gogh, one of the three masters of post-impressionism! I also think of the long list of works such as "Sunflowers", "Starry Night", "Irises" and "Crows Flying Over the Wheat Field".
zero.
Just like now, when Dawson looks at Fang Yi's works, he can understand Fang Yi's creative ideas, and maybe he can also understand other meanings! This makes Dawson feel better and better the more he looks at it!
After speaking, he turned to look at An Xiaojun and asked: "Why do you only have one picture here!"
This sentence made An Xiaojun feel heartbroken! Looking at this foreigner, he felt that he wanted to sprinkle salt on his own wounds! Looking at the foreigner's eyes, he felt a little different.
"Hey! I didn't expect it at the time!" An Xiaojun said.
Now An Xiaojun is eager to get the other three paintings, and there are certain factors that made Fang Yi famous in it. The more he looks at this painting, the more he feels that it has a long aftertaste and is refreshing. He feels uncomfortable if he doesn't look at it twice every day. It feels like this
The day seems to have been in vain. The more I like it, the more I want the other three works!
If you like it earlier, An Xiaojun will not have any financial problems buying a dozen or two paintings for 200,000 yuan! Even if An Xiaojun wants it a few months after Fang Yi leaves the country, Zheng Xiaopeng tells An Xiaojun
Jun meant to take care of her at that time, Fang Yi might have sold it to An Xiaojun! As for now, the day lily is cold! Now you have the nerve to ask whether you take care of it or not? The things you bought have suddenly doubled.
, do you take care of me or do I take care of you?
As an art speculator, it didn’t take much thinking to figure out that An Xiaojun thought the price at that time was too high. With this thought, his eyes suddenly filled with an incredible look: What’s wrong with temptation!
You can't bear to pay for such a good work! The price was high before? Can it be higher than now? With the level and artistic conception of this work, Dawson estimates that it can be found in European galleries now. There is no 200,000 or 300,000 euros, and you can't even hope to take it away.
None!
After staying with An Xiaojun for almost an hour and a half, I learned some information about Fang Yi from An Xiaojun before I came out of An Xiaojun's office. As for the matter of buying paintings and picking up leaks, Dawson didn't even mention it. Asking such a question
When he was a freshman, he asked the boss of the company to buy the works he liked. Dawson felt that all the money in his pocket was on the table, and no one would take a second look. It was not embarrassing enough to put it on display!
Arriving downstairs of the company, Dawson took a look at the building and immediately felt that this trip would not be as simple as he thought when he was in the UK. It is not so easy to pick up the Chinese people's leaks! Especially now, I understand the inquiry
After a while, hope becomes even slimmer!
Dawson put his hand on his brow to block the sunlight above his head, suddenly feeling that the big sun in the sky was gloomy.
"Why is Fang Yi's family so rich! Why should he find a teacher who is famous in China?" Danny muttered in a low voice.
That's right! When Dawson heard what his assistant said, he immediately sighed in his heart: Fang Yi, why can't you be as poor as your four friends? We don't expect you to be so miserable.
In Van Gogh's situation, at least you should be a little bit like Keshima! Just make do with a few years of hard life, and in
How about squatting in nooks and crannies for a few years! Then leave some works for the ignorant villagers, so that we who came all the way from Europe can feel a little happy? At least leave some soup! Now it seems that not only
You can't see the soup, you even took the pot away, and you didn't leave any oil or water for us when you removed the bottom!
Now after An Xiaojun introduced Fang Yi's family and teachers, it was as if someone hit Dawson on the head with a big stick, making Dawson wake up.
"Boss! Do you want to continue?".
"Let's take a look! We'll leave for Shicheng in the afternoon, just in case we get something useful!" Dawson said. Now that we've arrived, why don't we go back now? Let's take another look around with full hope. (To be continued...